Title

Salvation

Authors

Terence Nichols
Adil Ozdemir
Liyakat Takim

Files

Description

Salvation in Christianity means being saved from sin and damnation. In other words, salvation means eternal life with God and Jesus Christ with the company of the saints in heaven. Loss of salvation means ending up in hell, cut off from God and from others as well. Hell is often pictured as a place of fire and demons. But it is not necessarily a place, certainly not a place on earth, so much as it is a state—a state of isolation from God and from others.

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Recommended Citation

Nichols, Terence; Ozdemir, Adil; and Takim, Liyakat, "Salvation" (2021). Muslim-Christian Dialogues. 30.
https://ir.stthomas.edu/encounteringislam/30